Staff Software Engineer, Android

About the role

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

We're looking for seasoned Android engineers to join our Claude mobile team and help build apps that harness the transformative power of advanced language models. Our mission is to unlock the potential of advanced AI through elegant, user-friendly mobile applications that put unprecedented capabilities at users' fingertips. You will work with a talented team of engineers, researchers, design and Product teams to design and implement key components of our products. Join us in this exciting mission to transform how people engage with technology and unlock new realms of human potential.

Key responsibilities

- Architect and implement cutting-edge Android applications

- Develop novel solutions leveraging AI technologies

- Optimize performance at all levels of the mobile stack

- Champion best practices in mobile development

- Obsessive attention to detail and app experience

- Contribute to backend systems as needed

- Originate new product bets and own them from idea to launch

- Cut a vague direction down to the leanest real version one

Minimum qualifications

- Expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK and the broader Android ecosystem

- Proficiency with the latest mobile platform capabilities and intricacies

- Practical experience with full-stack development and comfort working with backend technologies

- A track record of shipping impactful, high-adoption mobile applications

- Strong communication and mentorship skills

- Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoy working closely with cross functional partners and teammates

Preferred qualifications

- 0-to-1 experience building successful products in early-stage environments

- Experience building applications that utilize modern ML/AI technology

- 3D graphics, visual effects, and audio and video streaming on mobile

- A vision for the future of human-machine interaction and a drive to make that vision a reality

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$320,000—$405,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience